Eddie's Symbolism

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Eddie curse was he was born without luck. Since he was born on January 1,1990 he got cursed and it was all broken by the cougher Mara. “The coughing had stoped and Eddie had snuck a glance at the cougher. She seemed to be alive.”(Harold 37-38). “Once there was a man born without luck. This may not seem like a tradagy”(Harold,1). Many curses have been broken in the real world the Cubs and the Indians. The cubs curse was about the billy goat curse and a man said that the cubs will never win again. In the story there is a moral and the moral is to live llife to the fullest and try your best.

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